Kathleen Parker: From the government, and here to help (read control) you

5:30 PM,
Jun. 11, 2013

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KATHLEEN PARKER

It is reassuring that in the midst of so much government dysfunction, the IRS has resolved the question of when and whether to tax tanning beds under the Affordable Care Act.

Do not be concerned about that giddiness you feel. You are not having a nervous breakdown but are suffering a symptom commonly associated with recognition that the absurd has become the accepted norm -- and that you are, in fact, alone.